Urho Kekkonen: President of Finland – an article about “the well-preserved man of sixty”

7.5.1961

Urho Kekkonen: President of Finland – an article about “the well-preserved man of sixty”

The Observer published quite a few articles on Finnish President Urho Kekkonen. During the presidency of Kekkonen, Finnish foreign policy was followed closely in Great Britain, and the popularity of president Kekkonen among the Finns was noted even in The Observer.

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